Tag: BELGRADE

Protest over announced pulling down of Orthodox church in Pristina

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 15, 2015

Photo: RTS   In Serbia - 15/2/15 BELGRADE – The participants of an international conference titled Human Dignity, Freedom and Rights: Christian Dimension, held in ... Read More

EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO PATRIARCH PAVLE OPENS IN BELGRADE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 29, 2014

November 2014 An exhibition containing the legacy of former Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Pavle was opened at the Museum of the SPC to mark ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL AND HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH IRINEJ BLESS MONUMENT TO TSAR NICHOLAS II THE PASSION-BEARER IN BELGRADE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- November 20, 2014

On 16 November 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia conducted the blessing of a ... Read More

Kosovo: ‘Only dead Serb is a good Serb’ graffiti on Orthodox church in Djakovica

OCP- March 2, 2014

2/3/14 BELGRADE – The Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has noted that anti-Serb graffiti appeared on the Orthodox church in Djakovica in the south-western ... Read More

Patriarchs, presidents at Edict of Milan celebrations

OCP- October 5, 2013

  Tanjug - 5/10/13 BELGRADE --  The celebrations of the 1,700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan will bring together seven heads of Orthodox Churches. ... Read More

Serbian Orthodox Church Celebrating Petka Trnova

OCP- August 7, 2013

7/8/13 BELGRADE – Serbian Orthodox Church will celebrate tomorrow Parascheva of Tirnovo, known as Petka Trnova. Sveta Petka was born in Rome. She came from a Christian family ... Read More

Patriarch and president meet and urge “unity”

OCP- May 17, 2013

TANJUG - 13/5/13 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej and President Tomislav Nikolić met on Monday and urged "absolute unity and responsibility". This ... Read More

Patriarch: Serbs must return to Kosovo

OCP- March 18, 2013

18/3/13 BELGRADE --   The most important request of Serbia in all talks about Kosovo needs to be the return of Serbs, Serbian Patriarch Irinej has ... Read More

“Talks only way to Kosovo solution, Russia ready to assist”

OCP- October 12, 2012

Tanjug 12/10/2012 BELGRADE -- Talks between Belgrade and Priština are the only way to settle the Kosovo issue, and Russia is willing to assist in ... Read More

Ohrid Orthodox Archbishopric seeks help

OCP- August 16, 2012

15/8/2012 BELGRADE -- Representatives of the Ohrid Orthodox Archbishopric met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić on Tuesday in Belgrade. They briefed him about the problems ... Read More

President Nikolić seeks advice from Patriarch

OCP- June 7, 2012

Tanjug 7/6/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić met late on Monday in Belgrade with the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Patirarch Irinej. ... Read More

Serbia’s new president takes oath of office

OCP- May 31, 2012

31/5/2012 BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić was on Thursday in Belgrade sworn in in front of the Serbian parliament, officially taking over as Serbia's new president. ... Read More

Patriarch sends Easter message

OCP- April 14, 2012

TANJUG 12/4/2012 BELGRADE -- Serbian Patriarch Irinej called on Orthodox believers to safeguard and rightfully confess the Orthodox faith. He also called on them to ... Read More

Committee for transfer of royal family’s remains

OCP- March 23, 2012

23/3/2012 TANJUG BELGRADE -- The Serbian government decided Thursday to form a committee for exhumation and transfer of remains of members of the Karađorđević royal ... Read More

Serbian Orthodox Monasteries in Kosovo among 5 Mediterranean Holy Sites

OCP- March 11, 2012

10/3/2012 Serbian Orthodox Monasteries in Kosovo among 5 Mediterranean Holy Sites (ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, MARCH 9 - The Serbian monasteries in Kosovo were listed among ... Read More

Russian envoy receives top Church honor

OCP- February 7, 2012

7/2/2012 BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has received the highest honor given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC). SPC Patriarch Irinej presented ... Read More

Church: EU has alternative, Serbs Should Persevere

OCP- December 2, 2011

B92 2/12/2011 BELGRADE -- The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has issued a statement sending a message to both the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, and the ... Read More

Serbs “among Europe’s most Religious Nations

OCP- October 6, 2011

VEČERNJE NOVOSTI 6.10.2011 BELGRADE -- A Belgrade daily writes today that Serbs are among Europe's most religious nations, and adds that 95 percent of the ... Read More

Patriarch says “shame parade” should not be held

OCP- September 30, 2011

30/9/2011 BELGRADE -- Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch Irinej has called on competent authorities not to allow the Pride Parade, which he called “shame parade”, ... Read More

Victims of Operation Storm Remembered

OCP- August 4, 2011

TANJUG 4/8/2011 BELGRADE -- Today marks the 16th anniversary since the beginning of Croatian army and police Operation Storm that led to the exodus of ... Read More